Physicist Arno Penzias, who co-discovered the cosmic microwave background, helping to confirm the Big Bang theory of the universe's beginning, died on Monday at age 90.
While there was an eventual 'eureka moment,' it didn't come quickly. While testing the receiver, Penzias and Wilson picked up an unexplained hiss in the microwave portion of the spectrum.
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